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He was standing behind terry mcauliffe. he said this computer thing, he flipped his hand like its no big deal. do you think it is no big deal? he made it seem like it was just a little flap. itll be all right by november 30th, a date we now focus on. its all going to be over. your thoughts. >> so i think in the big sweep of history in the five or ten year sweep of history, hes absolutely right. itll be no big deal. in a year or two were going to get it right and then its going to be smooth and e...

>> shepard: the final witness for the defense in the zimmerman trial. testifying by some sort of computer thing. >> if his wife was there. >> was that your concern? >> yes, i knew he was married and i didnt see her, and theyre my neighbor -- >> shepa about george zimmerman. >> looked to be hurt, and my first concern is, where is his next of kin, his wife. >> what tide you do about that? >> well, after -- wasnt much i could do. once i found out -- i thought i was no longer in harms way because my...

Word of mouse. "usa today" referred to this new trend as e-politics in their august 1999 article on the subject. their piece revealed that there were skeptics of this new e-politics. quote, online politics has its share of skeptics. no medium that relies on voters to take the initiative for educating themselves can ever have the broad reach of tv where political messages intrude unbidden into living rooms. will it revolutionize mix? thats harder to see. so said ari fleischer in 1999 before he be...

The story was written february 1st, 1999. how can there be such a phenomenon as electronic political activism? what is so active about clicking a mouse button when sending an e-mail or logging on to a website? but with $13 million and more than 650,000 volunteer hours pledged to censure and move on, the realm of political activism now must bend its boundaries to include cyberspace. the article concludes by referring to censure and move ons brand of internet activists as "word of mouse." get it? ...

No medium that relies on voters to take the initiative for educating themselves can ever have the broad reach of tv where political messages intrude unbidden into living rooms. will it revolutionize mix? thats harder to say. so said ari fleischer in 1999 before he became white house press secretary. ah, this computer thing, its just a flash in the pan. in all fairness, though, it was not just ari fleischer. pretty much everybody in 1999 was agog with what these california software geeks were doi...

Launch already delayed a few times this morning as weve reported. once to check the batteries after an alarm saying they didnt have the right amount of power. good reason not to do it. >> you know what the word is, the reason its delayed is its called a script abort. >> could be a computer thing, then. >> what do you think? >> i did not get a masters in computer science or space technology. >> i did. >> ill leave that to you. >> thank you. >> anyway, its going to launch in about 12 minutes from ...

Parents? is that why you think were seeing that? >> i think its two-fold. i think, yes, certainly -- and we broke it down by parents as well. certainly, parents realize that we need to be involved and engaged in our childrens tech lives. but also, i think older people are becoming much more comfortable with technology. you know, maybe 10 or 15 years ago it was like, oh, whats this computer thing? now people realize you need it for your job, you need to stay connected with family and friends. how...

>> shepard: theres a poll on all this here over in the computer thing. its your chance. has the financial crisis caused to you switch from a big national bank like the red one or the blue one or green one to a smaller community banks? they should just have colors. yes or no. results later in this newscast. 

If you make $57,000 or less you can have the irs do your taxes for you. what they do is give you free software. you answer questions, its a q&a format. you get your money back, refund from the government right into your checking account. its free for you. theres also another program if you dont want to do the computer thing, youre afraid of the software, you can get a human being to do it for you. its called the volunteer taxpayer stance program, free for people earning $47,000 or less. there ar...

Near prono in moravia and found a new home in bavaria and by i mean. the integration of almost twelve million x. pallies within germany around eight million of them in the western federal states is an extremely positive signal of integration if you want to embrace the computer thing that is then i think thats why people whove been displaced have particular empathy toward people whove been forced to leave that homeland. be a mention get the full off and especially today when almost sixty six mill...